Titanium ninja sword from the future

[Mecha]

At BLADE show 2019 I was walking around with an unfinished ninja sword from the future. It was shown in the JParanee Diskin booth video, starting at 37:40

This sword was made for fun and the love of titanium swords and ninjas. Here's what became of it.

24" of hardened titanium-niobium blade (with collar), and 31" oal at 1 lb 1.5 oz in weight.

The tip is a lot more pointy, which several people at BLADE said they would like to see.

Some new things were tested, such as welding the blade collar directly to the guard, and stamping the maker's mark into the guard, with mixed results. All of the metal parts of the hilt are 6al4v titanium, and are welded together.

The two alloys used are punched into the back of the guard.

The sword is a little scratched up and was a bit of a guinea pig, so while it might not be perfectly and beautifully finished, it has a great personality!

It also loves to cut:

Even with several hard glancing blows and deflections on some very tough bamboo, the blade shows no damage, rolling, or warping, and was still nice and sharp.

DAMN I love me some titanium swords.

Thanks for looking!

 

[flatblackcapo]

 

[Dawkind]

Very nice buddy...

 

[JParanee]

Great stuff Sam

 

[WValtakis]

Freakin' awesome Sammy

 

[Mecha]

Thanks, fellas!

 

[Lorien]

love the look of that handle, but obviously the whole thing is amazing

 

[Josh Rider]

So cool, always love to see what you come up with!

 

[Bigfattyt]

Turned out great. Very fun piece.

 

[john april]

i bet that would be fun to use

 

[Mecha]

Thanks everyone. I know it's goofy as hell to be making a "ninja sword," but you gotta have some fun with it if you're gonna be doing this kind of work. Speaking of which...

i bet that would be fun to use

...yes sir, that it is!